Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

TXZ052-063-062250-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
500 PM CDT SAT MAY 6 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN
GLASSCOCK AND HOWARD COUNTIES...

AT 456 PM CDT...NO PRECIPITATION WAS OCCURRING IN EITHER OF THE
COUNTIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA.  HOWEVER...CONDITIONS
ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AS ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE EXISTS IN THESE AREAS.

THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP LATER TODAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO
OCCUR.  BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR
AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE
LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

TXZ052-063-062350-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
548 PM CDT SAT MAY 6 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HOWARD AND GLASSCOCK COUNTIES
UNTIL 11PM CDT...

AT 545 PM CDT...NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN THE WATCH AREA.
HOWEVER...PEOPLE IN HOWARD AND GLASSCOCK COUNTIES TO INCLUDE THE
CITIES OF BIG SPRING AND GARDEN CITY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING.

IN THE EVENT YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE
IN A HOME OR BUSINESS IS AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-070040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
636 PM CDT (536 PM MDT) SAT MAY 6 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN
GLASSCOCK AND HOWARD COUNTIES...

AT 625 PM CDT...NO PRECIPITATION WAS INDICATED ON WEATHER SERVICE
RADAR. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP THIS EVENING.  THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP HAVE THE
POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE
TORNADOES.

CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH AREA ARE BIG SPRING...COAHOMA AND
GARDEN CITY.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN AND
NEpAR THE WATCH AREA. BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-070145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
743 PM CDT (643 PM MDT) SAT MAY 6 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF WEST TEXAS TO INCLUDE
THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 2 AM CDT (1 AM MDT)
SUNDAY MORNING...

AT 725 PM CDT ( 625 PM MDT)...RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE
PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTH SOUTHERN PLAINS. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES EAST OF SEMINOLE IN GAINES COUNTY. MOVEMENT HAD NOT BEEN
DETERMINED.

THERE WERE SEVERAL ISOLATED RAINSHOWERS FROM SOUTHWEST OF MONAHANS
TO NEAR MARATHON. NO MOVEMENT HAD BEEN DETERMINED.

CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS FOR STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.
STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

RESIDENTS IN THE PERMIAN BASIN AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO SHOULD BE
ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO
SHELTER SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS THREATEN OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS
DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-070340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
933 PM CDT (833 PM MDT) SAT MAY 6 1995

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT (100 AM MDT)
FOR PARTS OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...

AT 927 PM CDT (827 PM MDT)...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA
FROM BROWNFIELD TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LITTLEFIELD.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROWNFIELD.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ONE WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED IN AN AREA FROM NEAR PENWELL...TO 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LONGFELLOW AND TO NEAR FORT DAVIS.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRANDFALLS.

MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO
OCCUR.  BE READY TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR
AREA.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING>...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.